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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:00 AM

The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking

Key congressional Democrats were aware and tacitly supportive of Bush's illegal interrogation and surveillance programs, a key motive in why they helped prevent accountability.
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  • Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:18 AM

    9/11 changed everything

    Jane Harman uses the same argument we always hear about when it comes to infringement of our rights and the fight against terrorists. Unless I'm mistaken though (and it wouldn't be the first time!) this law breaking wasn't done as a result of 9/11, this was started well before 9/11 ever happened. If that is the case, these people need to be called out every time they bring it up so the argument can be steered away from the simple minded "9/11 changed everything" mentality and back to where it belongs, the systematic shredding of the constitution by BushCo.

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